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and his wrestling-heavy attack—Strickland’s “specialty,” if you want to call it that, simply isn’t good enough to force the best of the division to bend to his will.We did learn some things about Strickland, however, that can be taken into account the next time he fights. We know he is good off his back foot and will be content to jab backing up followed up by the occasional cross.
Going forward, I would like to see Strickland take the initiative on leading the dance in the cage. Far too often, he’s fighting off the back foot. We’ve seen training footage of Strickland hunting down his sparring partners but in the cage, he’s been too passive. It is understandable, considering some of the power punchers he’s taken on, but using the jab to get in on the body and opening up the shots to the head would be a great addition to his game and help him not lose fights like these.
While Strickland is the one known as the cardio-based fighter, it was Cannonier in Rounds 4 and 5 pushing the pace on a tired Strickland. This is due in part to Cannonier’s experience in five-round fights, going the distance a couple times and preparing for even more, but the real x-factor in the cardio was Cannonier’s body work. He did well by using the jab to the solar plexus of Strickland.
Finally, let’s talk that high guard of Cannonier. In the frame from the beginning of the article, we saw Strickland struggle to realize that he could punch around the side of Cannonier’s high guard. Against a more diverse boxer like Pereira, Adesanya and Whittaker, this would have happened, but Cannonier bet on Strickland being himself and failing to adjust. It worked wonders.
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